LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Acker Bilk and His Jazzmen Were the Big Attraction at the Grand Ball Organised By the Recently Re-Formed Brightlingsea and District Branch Held In the Spring at a Holid
Acker Bilk and his Jazzmen were the big attraction at the grand ball organised by the recently re-formed Brightlingsea and District branch. Held in the spring at a holiday camp owned by the branch chairman, D. L. Hammerton, the ball raised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Humphrey Atkins An Ex-Naval Officer Takes the Wheel of the 46Ft 9In Watson Lady Scott (Civil Service No 4) on a Visit to Portrush Lifeboat Station Last Se
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Humphrey Atkins, an ex-naval officer, takes the wheel of the 46ft 9in Watson Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) on a visit to Portrush lifeboat station last September. He was accompanied by Mrs Atkins... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Central Appeals Committee
THE C.A.C. is hoping to arrange a crossword puzzle for inclusion in the Journal. At the time of going to press plans had not been finalised but further details will be given in the July issue.
Many people gave up weekend...
Category: Committee
Mystery
EASTBOURNE.—The Life-boat William and Mary was launched at 1.45 P.M. on the 31st August to the assistance of the fishing-cutter Mystery, of Brixham, while a strong S.S.W. wind was blowing accompanied by a rough sea. The vessel had struck on...
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Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 6.15 on the evening of the 5th May, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen over the cliff at Maughold Head and later asked for the life-boat. At 6.35 the life-boat Frank and...
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 78 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 79 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 82 AWARDS TO HONORARY WORKERS 90 NEW WAYS OF RAISING MONEY 91 FINANCIAL REPORT 94 FOCUS ON ILFRACOMBE ...
Category: Articles
Whitby Rose
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.29 on the afternoon of the 5th of December, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary and coxswain that the propeller of the motor fishing vessel Whitby Rose had been fouled seven miles north- north-east of...
Some Ways of Raising Money
The Province of Northern Ireland improved its fund-raising in 1975 by 21 per cent; a sterling achievement in difficult times. The voluntary workers of Belfast raised no less than £11,000.
London flag day, Tuesday March...
Category: Donations
Surfboards
An 11-year-old girl and her father were surfing on holiday in North Cornwall when the high tide swept them away. It was early evening on 10 August when a horrified mother watched her daughter and husband drifting further and further away...
Coxswain E. Matthews, of the Lizard, Cornwall
Coxswain Edwin Matthews, of the Lizard, has died at the age of eighty- seven. He became second coxswain in 1867, and coxswain in 1876, retiring in 1900 after thirty-three years as an officer ot the life-boat. During that time the station...
Category: Obituaries